fly off at a tangent
fly off at a tangent · flies off at a tangent · flew off at a tangent · flown off at a tangent · flying off at a tangent
To digress from a topicTo digress from a topic.
Meaning
1 senses(idiomatic)To digress from a topic.
Translations
2 languagesForms
flies off at a tangent, flying off at a tangent, flew off at a tangent, flown off at a tangent| Base form | fly off at a tangent · to fly off at a tangent |
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| 3rd person singular | flies off at a tangent |
| Present participle | flying off at a tangent |
| Past simple | flew off at a tangent |
| Past participle | flown off at a tangent |
irregular · Lesson
Present simpleLesson
| I, you, we, they | fly off at a tangent |
| he, she, it | flies off at a tangent |
Past simpleLesson
| all persons | flew off at a tangent |
Present perfectLesson
| I, you, we, they | have flown off at a tangent |
| he, she, it | has flown off at a tangent |
Future simple (will)Lesson
| all persons | will fly off at a tangent |
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.